Patrick "Packie" McReary (Irish: Pádraig Mac Ruairí) is a character in Grand Theft Auto IV. Packie is a 29-year old member of the Irish Mob and the youngest brother of the McReary family. He acts as a boss, partner, and friend in the game. Once the player has Packie's friendship and respect percentages to a certain level, Niko may call Packie and request a car bomb. Packie will leave it in the player's general location, and once picked up it may be attached to any vehicle and remote detonated via cell phone.

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Biography

Childhood and personality

Packie was born to Maureen McReary, at 44, and the head of the Irish Mob. His siblings consisted of brothers Derrick, 23, Francis, 15, and Gerald, 6, Kate being born in the following year. Born and raised in Dukes, he has never been outside Liberty City, except for Alderney State. Packie's father was a violent, perverted alcoholic whom Packie blames for their Mob's fall from influence. He says of his father "I used to think I loved him, but then I realized I hated him". He eventually admits to Niko that his father molested him and Gerry. He has been using drugs since he was 14, also staying home from school to roll joints for his dad. He has an addictive personality (not quite as bad as Derrick, but a rising issue), as seen in his predilection for alcohol and cocaine. He began a life of crime very early, having chosen Gerry as a role model, and was arrested for stealing a car when he was 18. In 2000, when he was about 21, his father died - possibly a suicide, or by Gerry.

Packie, on the surface, portrays himself as strong and without feeling. But when drunk or otherwise confiding in Niko, he is shown time and time again to be suppressing deeply painful emotions. For example, he will lament that "the world is ugly and unkind", question what being a man is all about, and contemplates suicide. He doesn't seem to seriously consider immediately and directly killing himself, but does glamourize the idea that he will die young of a drug overdose. Compared to Niko, Packie is equally capable of violence and criminal activity, and feels less guilt. He does, however, still hold certain moral standards; If you kill too many hostages during the mission Three Leaf Clover, the mission will fail and Packie would say that he doesn't take this bloody money.

GTA IV

By the time of GTA IV, Packie largely operates independently of the Irish Mob, committing stick-up robberies with his friends Michael and Gordon , and working as a hired gun for the Pegorino Family.

After GTA IV

It is revealed in the credits for The Ballad of Gay Tony that Packie left Liberty City with a duffel bag on a flight to an unknown location. It would be his first flight, as he tells Niko during a friendship activity that he's never been outside the Liberty/Alderney metro area. Theories of his destination include:

Ireland: The first assumption based on Packie's culturally-inclined personality. Although drunk at the time, he promises Niko "I'm going to Ireland Niko, I'm gonna fucking go." It might also be a possibility seeing as he is proud of his descent.

Australia: Packie tells Niko during one friend activity that Australia would be nice because it has nice beaches and hot chicks.

Vice City: Seeing as how Packie wanted to go somewhere with nice beaches and hot chicks, Vice City could be a likely location he may have gone to.

San Andreas: Packie telling Niko he will move to a place 'with nice beaches and hot chicks', it is possible he also went to San Andreas due to the fact there is beaches there too.

Arrested with several grams of cocaine in the presence of a known prostitute.

Believed to be working as muscle for the Alderney-based Pegorino Crime Syndicate.

Trivia

According to his brother Gerry, Packie has a tattoo of his own name on one of his arms. It may be his left arm as this is the one Gerry points to on himself.

Patrick has a large scar running horizontally under his left eye.

In an Easter egg, if you position the camera in such a way that you can see inside Packie's head, you will see a small cube with a picture of a brain on it (all views; top, bottom, front, rear, left, and right), which in fact is Packie´s balaclava texture from the bank robbery.

Packie's favorite radio station is Liberty Rock Radio 97.8 and he would respond positively if it's turned on in the car. He also wants it to play on his funeral.

He appears to dislike playing darts, complaining that it's boring. He'll also complain if he's beaten at bowling and other games, and will also shout at Niko if he drives too slowly. None of this impacts the positive outcome of a friendship activity.

His special ability, the car bomb, may be a sly reference to the Northern Ireland conflict, seeing as Packie is of Irish decent. During the conflict, the IRA carried out over 100 car bombings.

After the events of GTA IV, he is seen with a bag and heading to the airport. Even if he had left Liberty City, its possible he did not leave for long, as his mother needed to be watched.

In a likely Grand Theft Auto V casting call, a character named Eddie McReary is present with the desciption: "(45-50 Male United States) Irish ethnicity. Lives with his cousin. Smokes weed and loves partying." There has been speculation that his cousin could be Packie, and that he moved to Los Santos after the events of Grand Theft Auto IV. Dan Houser has also stated that some familiar faces from GTA IV will appear in GTA V, but in an IGN Interview, he confirmed that Packie will not appear in the game.